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Mobile voting will be available to 1.2M Seattle area voters in upcoming King County election

Mobile voting is coming to the Seattle region, thanks in part to two homegrown companies. A partnership of local government… Read More

Seattle startup Nori raises cash for blockchain marketplace to fight climate change

Microsoft’s sweeping pledge to remove more planet-warming carbon from the atmosphere than it emits has the tech world buzzing about… Read More

Tech Moves: Amazon ad exec departs; PwC Labs hires director; AI2 names entrepreneur-in-residence

— PwC Labs, the multinational firm’s technology innovation group, is growing its team in Seattle. Jill Beck, previously a senior… Read More

Female Founders Alliance acquires Monarq Incubator to expand national reach

Seattle-based Female Founders Alliance (FFA), an organization and accelerator for early-stage women-led startups, is growing its national presence with the… Read More

Seattle-based early-stage investment firm SeaChange raises $5.8M for its fifth fund

SeaChange just raised $5.8 million for its fifth fund as it looks to put more dollars behind Pacific Northwest startups.… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Apple acquires Xnor.ai; Microsoft’s bold climate plan; Seattle startup trivia

This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Apple doubled down on artificial intelligence and boosted its presence in Seattle with the… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Economic hope in the 21st Century; fossils after dark; and more

— The newly re-opened Burke Museum is putting together a full slate of activities for people of all ages to… Read More

Women-focused co-working startup The Riveter cuts 5 positions as it aims to grow digital arm

The Riveter, a Seattle-based startup building a national network of women-oriented co-working spaces, cut five positions this week as part… Read More

Y Combinator grad ZeroDown opens Seattle office to tackle pricey housing down payments

Another real estate startup is coming to Seattle, aiming to disrupt the expensive and stressful process of buying a home.… Read More

Flight Live matches users with trainers for online, on-demand personal workouts

When it comes to exercising, motivation can be the toughest hurdle for many people. At least that was true for… Read More

Xnor door

Seattle AI startup drew interest from Amazon, Microsoft, Intel before selling to Apple

Apple wasn’t the only tech giant eyeing Xnor.ai. GeekWire broke the news on Wednesday that Apple acquired Seattle startup Xnor.ai,… Read More

Seattle security company ExtraHop touts $150M in 2019 bookings ahead of potential IPO

Cyber attacks against companies are becoming increasingly common and more expensive. Those troubling stats help explain the rapid growth of… Read More

Frazier Healthcare Partners raises $617M life sciences fund

Frazier Healthcare Partners today announced the closure of a $617 million fund, also known as Frazier Life Sciences X. The… Read More

Ex-Nike leaders reimagine funeral experience with new startup that simplifies cremation services

Entrepreneurs and innovators set out every day to give life to products and services across the tech landscape. A new… Read More

Ex-Concur CEO Steve Singh joins Madrona as a managing director — here’s how he plans to invest

Steve Singh wants to find the next Concur. The longtime tech executive is joining Madrona Venture Group as a managing… Read More

Madrona Venture Labs spinout Uplevel raises $7.5M to measure engineering teams’ productivity

A new startup has emerged from stealth mode armed with $7.5 million in seed funding to disrupt what it calls… Read More

Tech Moves: Smartsheet taps leader for new Sydney office; Payscale adds CMO; Vulcan names CFO; and more

—Former Microsoft general manager Adrianna Burrows is now chief marketing officer at Seattle-based compensation startup PayScale. Burrows is one of… Read More

AppSheet

Google Cloud acquires AppSheet, a Seattle startup that sells no-code app development software

Google Cloud has acquired AppSheet, a Seattle startup founded in 2014 that helps businesses develop their own data-based apps without… Read More

Funding to Seattle-area startups reaches record $3.5 billion in 2019 — here’s how that ranks nationally

Venture capital funding to Seattle-area startups reached a record-high $3.59 billion in 2019, according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor… Read More

Corporate VC arms of Saudi Aramco and Chevron invest in $24M round for Seattle startup Seeq

Seeq, a Seattle-based maker of analytics software for manufacturers, just raised $24 million in fresh cash. The deal is an… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Women in Cloud Summit; tech’s influence on democracy; and more

— Women can get left behind or overlooked for their abilities to contribute to evolving technologies such as cloud computing.… Read More

Delta Air Lines debuts crazy ‘parallel reality’ airport experience based on Seattle startup’s technology

LAS VEGAS — Parallel reality is becoming actual reality. The mind-bending technology — in which a single display shows different… Read More

OceanGate raises $18M to build a bigger submersible fleet and set up Titanic trips

OceanGate says it has raised $18.1 million in new investment, laying the financial groundwork for an expansion of its fleet… Read More

Healthcare tech company Accolade reportedly hires banks ahead of potential IPO

Accolade is taking steps toward going public later this year, according to a new report. CNBC reported that the healthcare… Read More

Seattle startup Supporti helps people achieve goals, leveraging insights from public health research

Many people ring in the new year with ambitious resolutions, perhaps striving to lose weight, get more exercise, look for… Read More

Get ready for the GeekWire Awards! Tickets on sale now, nominations begin soon

The 12th annual GeekWire Awards — the Oscars of the Pacific Northwest technology community — return on Thursday, March 26, at Seattle’s… Read More

Dolly co-founder moves on to start Persona, a more intimate social idea that could replace Facebook

As a co-founder of the peer-to-peer on-demand moving startup Dolly, Chad Wittman was in the business of creating a new… Read More

Home improvement marketplace Porch raises $21M as it pushes toward profitability

Porch is raising a pile of cash as the Seattle-based home improvement marketplace aims to reach profitability. Porch raised $20.6… Read More

Legalpad raises $10M to scale work visa automation platform

A Seattle startup that helps companies apply for visas on behalf of international talent announced a $10 million investment round… Read More

CES allows sex tech on show floor for first time and this Seattle startup CEO wonders what took so long

LAS VEGAS — Health and wellness technology has long been a theme at CES. But there’s one notable addition this… Read More

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